circulation" : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: circulation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for circulation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
circulation n the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines) movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold; "by increasing its circulation the newspaper hoped to increase its advertising" free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant); "ocean circulation is an important part of global climate"; "a fan aids air circulation" the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Circulation \Cir`cula"tion\, n. [L. circulatio: cf. F. circulation.] 1. The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began. This continual circulation* of human things. --Swift. 2. The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission. The true doctrines of astronomy appear to have had some popular circulation. --Whewell. 3. Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin. 4. The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper. 5. (Physiol.) The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also, the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.